let's listen in now. >> to the united states. over the past 48 hours leadership of this department including the secretary and the chairman have worked closely with combat and commanders to review the posture in the region and to request for assistance or orders as directed by the president of the united states. this department also continues to work closely with the state department and our partners throughout the region including yemen, egypt and afghanistan to ensure all missions have any necessary resources of this department given the potential for further demonstrations in the coming days. this weekend, secretary panetta will depart washington for the third trip to asia as secretary of the defense. the trip will take him to japan, china -- >> okay. that is a representative, a spokesperson for the pentagon, george little speaking. but there's new information about arrest made and breaking news now on cnn. we're getting word of arrests in the attack against americans in libya. you saw the press briefing there at the pentagon.